Métodos diagnósticos y clasificación de la pancreatitis

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The pancreas fulfills an important function in the human body such as producing enzymes which helps to digest food, it depends a lot on the care of the patient not to generate pancreatitis that includes severe inflammation and this occurs when enzymes directly damage to the pancreas, likewise acute and chronic pancreatitis develops, for which it depends a lot on the diagnostic methods used such as (Computed Tomography, Ultrasound, Magnetic Resonance, cholangiopancreatography) to verify the severity and complications of the pancreas. OBJECTIVE: To describe the diagnostic methods and classification for pancreatitis through the bibliographic review of scientific articles. METHODS AND MATERIALS: The descriptive study was carried out from the review of scientific articles that help to collect adequate information for the diagnosis of pancreatitis and its classification, which was fulfilled with the exhaustive search for scientific information such as GOOGLE ACADEMIC, PUB-MED, ELSEVIER, SCIELO from the last five years to the present. CONCLUSION: An analysis of the different diagnostic methods was carried out to determine either acute or chronic pancreatitis. Due to the increase in patients with this pancreatic disease, ultrasound is taken into consideration, which is based on the presence of pancreatic and peripancreatic signs, without However, we have other diagnostic methods such as Computed Tomography is more useful to determine the severity and identify complications.